Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

97 reviews

emmablue's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Grief

Moderate: War

theheartisawaffle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I don't think there's a single author (that I've found thus far) who makes me see the world with such new eyes as Chambers does. I loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness and Animal death

Minor: Sexual content

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This book made me cry at the end. I loved these four astronaut scientists. 

I thought it was a very lovely look at what life may be out there on other plants, how to respect those life format other humans  , etc. it was also deeply emotional regarding how the main characters relate to our transient and dying world. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

cookiecat73's review

adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Loved this!! I had a couple of nitpicks, but overall I thought it was great, the main thing I want to be different is that I would have liked it to have been longer, it didn't even need to have extra plot thrown in, I just liked reading about these characters and this world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Confinement, Cursing, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Death, War, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Excrement, and Sexual content

ladynocturnal's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Astronaut reflects on the the meaning and ethics of space travel.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sproutedpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Confinement

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Not necessarily a suicide attempt as one might imagine on Earth, and also not a clear suicide attempt

sektaufeis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Ich habs wieder mal geliebt - wie alle Becky Chambers Bücher. Sehr wholesome und toller Stil, gutes world und character building. (:
Es geht auch mehr um Wissenschaft, was ich toll fand!

Warnung abstrakter Spoiler als content note : Stimmung wird sehr negativ ab bzw. vor allem in

Kapitel 3

,  es geht dabei auch um

Depression, Suizidgedanken

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol

gracek67's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual content and Animal death

jboulter11's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I very much enjoyed the slightly more raw emotional experience of this book compared to others.  The scene involving the airlock really hit me as what a human mind can feel under stress, even after overcoming impossible circumstances and being _out_ of danger.

I thought the ending was interesting but not particularly compelling.  It didn't shock me or twist anything, it was just very straightforward and did definitely make me think about what space exploration means for humanity, in fact what all scientific exploration and study means to humanity.

In general, it was yet another good book by Becky Chambers and I was not disappointed, even if the plot was not particularly exciting.  The characters were pretty good, but without enough time to really get to know them.  4/5 rating, solid B.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

apevi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts